Omaha basketball player Deng Mayar has drowned in a Utah reservoir. Herriman police said the 22-year-old Mayar died at Blackridge Reservoir on Saturday after going underwater about 35 yards from shore.

Deng Mayar, a senior forward for the Omaha Mavericks, tragically drowned in a Utah reservoir on Saturday. Mayar, who came as a graduate transfer to UNO after playing the previous two seasons for North Dakota, was only 22.

The University of Nebraska at Omaha community is mourning the loss of a member of the school's basketball team after a tragic drowning incident. According to Fox 13 in Salt Lake City, 22-year-old Omaha forward Deng Mayar was swimming over the weekend at Blackridge Reservoir with his friend, 21-year-old Sa Mafutaga.